Description

Dixiana (1930) is a lavish American musical film directed by Luther Reed and produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures. The final third of the picture was photographed in Technicolor. The film stars Bebe Daniels, Everett Marshall, Wheeler & Woolsey, Joseph Cawthorn, Jobyna Howland, Ralf Harolde and Bill Robinson (in his film debut). The script was adapted by Luther Reed from a story by Anne Caldwell.
The Technicolor sequences were considered lost for years, but were re-discovered in 1988 and subsequently included in the restored DVD.
In 1958, the film entered the List of films in the public domain in the United States due to the claimants failure to renew its copyright registration in the 28th year after publication.
This is the film on which composer Max Steiner got his first screen credit. Additionally, it was Wheeler & Woolsey’s third film; however, as they were not yet an official “team,” they were still billed separately.

Cast

• Bebe Daniels as Dixiana Caldwell
• Everett Marshall (actor) as Carl Van Horn
• Bert Wheeler as Peewee
• Robert Woolsey as Ginger Dandy
• Joseph Cawthorn as Cornelius Van Horn
• Jobyna Howland as Birdie Van Horn
• Dorothy Lee (actress) as Poppy
• Ralf Harolde as Royal Montague
• Eddy Chandler as Blondell
• George Herman (actor) as Contortionist
• Raymond Maurel as Cayetano
• Bruce Covington as Company porter
• Bill Robinson as Specialty Dancer
• Eugene Jackson as Cupid